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by robertk
Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:00 am
Forum: Pāli
Topic: vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ before or after kāye kāyānupassī ?
Replies: 7
Views: 145

Re: vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ before or after kāye kāyānupassī ?

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/soma/wayof.html#discourse THE FOUR AROUSINGS OF MINDFULNESS "What are the four? "Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu lives contemplating the body in the body, ardent, clearly comprehending (it) and mindful (of it), having overcome, in this world, covetousn...
by robertk
Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:57 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Retreat
Replies: 14
Views: 282

Re: Retreat

Nice :anjali:
by robertk
Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:04 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: sabbe dhammā nālaṁ abhinivesāyā
Replies: 13
Views: 375

Re: sabbe dhammā nālaṁ abhinivesāyā

https://suttacentral.net/an7.61/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none&notes=sidenotes&highlight=false&script=latin Numbered Discourses 7.61 6. The Undeclared Points Nodding Off When a mendicant has heard that evañcetaṁ, moggallāna, bhikkhuno sutaṁ hoti: nothing is worth i...
by robertk
Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:35 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Movie like monastery?
Replies: 13
Views: 287

Re: Movie like monastery?

Wat Dhammakaya has thousands of monks at times.
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by robertk
Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Joke!!! 2.0
Replies: 146
Views: 147309

Re: Joke!!! 2.0

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by robertk
Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:08 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Disrespecting Vipassana
Replies: 135
Views: 5704

Re: Disrespecting Vipassana

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/31/1241784635/meditation-vipassana-dangerous-mental-health NPR A new podcast examines the perils of intense meditation MARCH 31, 20246:00 AM ET By Andrea Muraskin And: https://www.ft.com/content/b3ec8e57-5cf9-4f96-9267-56c3bcd9c102 Financial Times In...
by robertk
Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Commentary and BMC on saṅghādisesa
Replies: 8
Views: 339

Re: Commentary and BMC on saṅghādisesa

Thanks for the quote. Thullacaya, grave offense, is the closest to Saṅghādisesa. It is no light offense although of course not as severe as the sanghadisesa. As I read it in the Vibhaṅga (not the Commentary) it indicates that a lustful bhikkhu who mistakes a woman as a transexual - although she is a...
by robertk
Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:37 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bhikkhu Bodhi on War and Thanissaro's rebuttal
Replies: 465
Views: 76251

Re: Bhikkhu Bodhi on War and Thanissaro's rebuttal

Who Deserves Punishment? . Thanks for sharing, venerable. It's increasingly clear to me why this text should be kept out of the Canon. Thankfully only one version has stooped to include it. I'll now make sure to whole-heartedly dissuade others from taking it seriously. If your translation is accura...
by robertk
Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:28 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Commentary and BMC on saṅghādisesa
Replies: 8
Views: 339

Re: Vinaya Teaching Monasteries in Sri Lanka

[ Are you a monk? If so I'd recommend you bite the bullet and find out. The BMC details the most important ones. Some of the Commentaries' additions are truly ruinous. For example they say that Sg 2 is not committed if there is cloth between you and the woman - i.e. you can molest her as long as sh...
by robertk
Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Identity View
Replies: 301
Views: 9891

Re: Identity View

MikeRalphKing wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:31 am
At Savatthi. "Bhikkhus, there are these four portions. What
four? The portion of identity, the portion of the origin of
identity, the portion of the cessation of identity, the portion of the
way leading to the cessation of identity. (SN 22.103 Portions)
Nice sutta!
by robertk
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Identity View
Replies: 301
Views: 9891

Re: Identity View

Buddha's comments on no self to Vacchagotta. The scripture is intended for you You have confusion Ignore this at your own peril Mod note : in this classical Theravada forum your self view beliefs are not permitted. Also your post has a flavour of karmic retribution which is against terms of service
by robertk
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: What are your ideas about Pa Auk method ?
Replies: 57
Views: 62646

Re: What are your ideas about Pa Auk method ?

I find it difficult to see how anyone who's read the Suttas can take a teacher seriously who says that there is ultimately no mother or father and insists they're just conventions. To me it indicates that they haven't even got mundane right view. Dhammapada Verse 62 . Ignorance Brings Suffering &qu...
by robertk
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:23 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
Replies: 46
Views: 1572

Re: What is a dhammā exactly?

SarathW wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:55 pm
I think I learned something new today. (or perhaps it makes some sense only today)

Glad to hear it. I think when we have a little understanding of anatta and conditionality the the world is seen differently - as it really is.
by robertk
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:59 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Two Types of Jhāna
Replies: 41
Views: 1178

Re: Two Types of Jhāna

I wrote about this last month:

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There are 2 kinds of bhavana (“meditation”),lakkhaṇārammaṇūpanijjhānena, in the dispensation (sasana)......
by robertk
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:41 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
Replies: 46
Views: 1572

Re: What is a dhammā exactly?

The meaning(s) of dhamma (nina van Gorkom) https://classicaltheravada.org/t/the-meaning-of-dhamma-by-nina-van-gorkom/25 Conclusion: There are many meanings of dhamma as it is used in different contexts. As we have seen, the aim of the teachings is not merely knowing the texts, but the application of...